Rhet & Comp II Objective Exam Review

What has Rhet & Comp II about?

Rhetorical theory

What are the canons?

Inventions, arrangements, and style

What are rhetorical appeals?

Ethos, pathos, logos

What are the three essay themes of this course?

Ceremonial/epidictic, Judicial/forensic, Political/deliberation

What the word topic mean?

Place/map

What are common topics?

Definition, comparison, circumstances, testimony, and relating.

What purpose does ceremonial serve?

What/who should be celebrated or blameworthy.

What purpose does judicial serve?

What is just? What is unjust?

What purpose does political serve?

Call to action/policy making

What is an argument?

Reasoned attempts to persuade.

What is an enthymeme?

Argument which one point within is left unstated.

What is stasis?

Not moving; static. Being stuck

What is stasis theory?

Facts of the case (conjunctive), definition, quality (seriousness), policy, and place (jurisdiction)

Why should sophists be held accountable?

Because they make promises they can’t keep, they don’t practice what they preach, and they don’t take account of things they can’t control (nature vs. nurture)

Who doesn’t like sophists?

Isocrates

Who was behind the allegory of the cave? 

Platos

Who was behind the bubble map or the first systematic of rhetoric?

Aristotle

What are the three purposes of rhetoric?

Teach, delight, persuade

What is the most important purpose of rhetoric?

Teach

What was Carl Rodger’s background?

Psychology

What was Stephen Toulmin’s background

Philosophy (specialty in logic)